This is Cleve on Tuesday, the day of his biopsy. The results came back as normal bone marrow. This leaves us wondering what to do now. We were expecting to find something abnormal since the PET scan showed a "hot spot" of cell activity. Currently we are checking with Dr. Palmer to see just how confident he is about whether he was in the correct spot or not. The pathologist is giving us a sliver of hope that Dr. Palmer was indeed in the correct area and that this area, however rapidly cells are producing, is benign. So, in the spirit of keeping a positive attitude, Cleve and I are choosing to believe that Cleve is a stage III cancer until told otherwise.
I would like to also take this opportunity to thank my friends/co-workers, they have been amazingly wonderful, supportive and understanding. The treats were wonderful last week and are almost all gone. Nicole, Cleve had four cookies last night and so far, no side effects. Great job! *wink, wink*  I really cant thank you all enough.
So, where do we go from here? We are going to Portland today. We are taking an extended weekend vacation with the boys. We are spending some good, quality family time with the boys just in case Cleve is not feeling well enough this summer to either go on our vacation in August or take any mini vacations to the coast or something. He wants the boys to have some good memories through all of this. We will be seeing my sister in Portland, which I cannot wait, I miss them so much. And we will be coming home on Tuesday after Cleve's appointment. Wednesday morning Cleve and I will be heading to Houston, Tx for another consultation with MD Anderson, the top cancer clinic in the country. We see them on Thursday, Cleve's birthday so we are hoping for some happy birthday news. Cleve's former employer will be attending both consultations with us and we could not be more thankful to have another friend and professional set of ears to help us in our decision making. Thank you so much! But now it is time to pack so we can get moving on our mini vacation. I will be traveling with laptop in tow in order to keep you all updated. Here's to life...